It is battery recall mania! First, Dell and now the rest: Sony, Fujitsu, Gateway, and Toshiba.
Late Monday, October 23, 2006, Sony revealed that it voluntarily recalled about 340,000 rechargeable, lithium ion notebook computer batteries. These batteries are sold in the following laptops: Sony, Fujitsu, Gateway, and Toshiba. To find out if your laptop is affected and request a safe replacement, please click on the following battery recall links:
Sony noted that the batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers and said that there have been sixteen reports of notebook computer batteries over heating, causing minor property damage and two minor burns.
Please be aware if your laptop is affected in order to protect yourself from these hazardous Sony batteries.